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US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during his first term, London, December 3, 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

The US-Canada tariff war is a double-edged sword

US President Donald Trump promised to put ‘America First’ and ‘Make America Great Again.’ He is certainly doing the former. Many would query the…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 February , 2025
Khaddam Files: Bashar tells Hariri, 'I decide who governs Lebanon' Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: Bashar tells Hariri, 'I decide who governs Lebanon'

To mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, which took place on 14 February 2005, Al Majalla unveils…

Al Majalla - London 18 February , 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron
Politics

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

European leaders filed into the Elysée Palace on 17 February in bright sunshine and a sombre mood. They were still reeling from the message conveyed…

The Economist 18 February , 2025
Opinion

After Munich: US-Russia diplomacy set to kick off in Riyadh

In February 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a speech from the podium at the Munich Security Conference. In the audience just metres…

Ibrahim Hamidi 17 February , 2025
Opinion

20 years after his assassination, Hariri's vision is finally realised

On 14 February 2005, 20 years ago, the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad collaborated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah to assassinate Prime Minister Rafic…

Alia Mansour 17 February , 2025
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Culture & Social Affairs

Arab students' futures in limbo after USAID funds freeze

Donald Trump’s decision to freeze US Agency for International Development (USAID) programmes for 90 days (with limited exceptions) is having far…

Joudy El-Asmar 17 February , 2025
US President Donald Trump speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, during the NATO summit, Watford, December 4, 2019. AFP
Business & Economy

Trump’s trade wars tread a fine line with allies’ patience

An effect of new US President Donald Trump’s early executive actions has been to increase America’s adversaries and to reduce its allies. Yet on he…

Mohamed Sharki 17 February , 2025
Khaddam Files: My first dealings with Bashar al-Assad Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Khaddam Files: My first dealings with Bashar al-Assad

To mark the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, which took place on 14 February 2005, Al Majalla unveils…

Al Majalla - London 17 February , 2025
Israel receives 2,000-pound bombs cleared by Trump
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Israel receives 2,000-pound bombs cleared by Trump

Fares Garabet 17 February , 2025
Opinion

Germany’s pro-Israel policy must end

The recently negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which put an end to more than 15 months of war in the Gaza Strip, is an opportune moment…

 Ilyas Saliba 16 February , 2025
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IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on 9 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Iran’s defiant regime picks a new supreme leader

09 March 2026

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The Economist
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam
A boy plays with his sheep next to an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on 5 March 2026. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria may escape war but not its economic fallout

08 March 2026

Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.

Haid Haid
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji

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